KIEV, April 20 - One Ukrainian coal miner was killed after a methane explosion ripped through a coal mine in the Dnipropetrovsk region in eastern Ukraine, the emergency situations ministry reported.

The explosion occurred around 12:05 local time Thursday about 390 meters deep inside the Zakhidno-Donbasska coalmine. There are no signs of combustion after the explosion, the ministry said.

The coalmine operation was temporary suspended and a special commission was created to investigate the accident, the ministry said.